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Bedridden Woman Rescued, Hospitalized After Greendale House Fire

Investigators are reviewing a suspected basement origin after crews met heavy smoke in a hoarder house with no audible alarms.

Overview

  • Fire crews were dispatched around 8 a.m. to a home on Enfield Avenue near 76th Street and Grange Avenue.
  • Greendale Fire Chief Kenten Kais reported heavy smoke on arrival and said no smoke alarms were heard.
  • Firefighters forced entry, breaking doors and windows to reach and remove the bedridden resident.
  • Another person who lives at the home got out safely on his own.
  • The blaze is believed to have started in the basement, but the official cause and the woman's injury details have not been released.